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by walolla 829 days ago
Hey, I personally recommend smaller platforms, I'm not a native English speaker, so the platforms I use will probably be useless to you, but I can distinguish a few key points: Keep it small, companies that go niche platforms probably aren't looking for 1000 applicants. Look for human written posts, that actually tell you something about them, instead of classic "we provide complex solutions for big companies, that provide services to other big companies". Look for direct contacts, like a phone number or an email address, so you can engage in a real human interaction sooner and speak for yourself, instead of letting people judge you based on a resume, that might have some minor flaws.

Check the communities, like reddit, telegram/whatsapp groups, HN, etc. Again, direct communication can do wonders.

Check companies websites, most tech companies have a dedicated Careers page with all the open positions and requirements, write them a personal email and wait for the response. This can give an extra karma point, because you didn't find them on some hiring website while looking for a job, you've found this position on their website, so it already tells them something about you wanting to work there.

If you are interested in startups, you can check some Y Combinator reports/news, or look at some producthunt posts, it's a riskier bet, but if you are into that kind of a thing, can be a great path.

Hope this can be helpful, best of luck with your searches!

3 comments

Wow. If this is how you write in your non-native language, you must be a virtuoso is your own!

What's your native language?

I don't think the point was that they weren't a fluent English speaker. Many countries like Denmark and Germany have a majority of the population which speaks better English than most Americans.

The reason for mentioning being a non-native speaker presumably was to point out that their own experience with more "niche" job boards would be with sites which are in their native language, or which have more uptake among users of their native language, such that they can't give any specific recommendations to a native English speaker.

Yep, I guess it's not very useful to post a website with no English translation, unless people ask for it. But if someone, who speaks Russian, accidentally finds this thread, I used to look for jobs on rit.work, great place in my opinion.
Thanks a lot for the compliment <3. My first language is Russian, at the moment, trying to get up to speed with Georgian and French in the future.
This is solid advice, thank you very much
Your English is perfect btw